honey-pot ant

Meaning

Noun

• A type of ant from Australia, known for a class of individuals within the colony which have huge inflated amber-coloured abdomen.
• The class of repletes, individuals of the colony which resemble honeypots.
• An individual ant of the type
• An individual ant of the replete class

Related

Similar words

• honey ant
• plerergate
• replete
• rotund

Origin

• honeypot + ant
• From its large abdomen resembling a pot of honey, which contains a sweet substance used for colony survival.